Please welcome our newest members!
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Diana Mae Smithstone
Smithstone jewelry
Sweetwater, NJ. USA
fairly new to jewelry making; interested in metalsmithing; currently
doing wire work and very basic soldering/bezel setting in copper.
Interested in learning repousse, etching, trying different
patination techniques and materials; basically anything that
texturizes and colorizes metal (along with shaping it, of course).
Also using gemstone and handmade glass beads, cabs, in my work.
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Missy Broeker
Springfield, IL. USA
I’ve been making jewelry for 11 years…using mainly freshwater
pearls and sterling silver.
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Ashley Santana
Baltimore, Md. USA
Hi! I’m a Junior at Towson University studying Art with a
concentration in Interdisciplinary Object Design!
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Sharon D Smith
Erie, PA. USA
I’m a jewelry artist/metalsmith living in Erie, PA. I graduated with
an MA in Studio Art- Jewelry/Metals from Edinboro University, where
I studied under the amazing duo of Sue Amedolara & Cappy Counard.
I’m planning on starting on my MFA in Metals this fall.
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Pat Wexelblat
Tiger Lily Workshop
Merion Station, PA. USA
I grew up in Delaware County PA in the 40’s and 50’s. I’ve been a
country dance musician. I’ve been a machine knitter and sweater
designer. I am both a first and now a happy second wife.
Nowadays I make and sell mid-range jewelry using beads both
purchased and created, wire, fused silver, polymer clay, yarn, and
bits of old jewelry. Interweave Press has published some of my
designs. I teach now and then.
I’ve taken classes in silver soldering, fine silver fusing, and
copper etching. I read techniques articles and books. (Mark Lareau
and Tim McCreight are two favorites.) I’m not far from being a “jack
of all trades, master of none”. There are so very many different
things I want to learn. I want to learn how to focus my creative
energies. I want to learn how to write instructions that consider
the different ways people learn. I want to perfect the skills I
have.
My favorite type of television program is the How-Do-They-Do-That
kind of thing, almost regardless of what “that” is.